On 09/15/2011 12:51 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: > On 09/15/2011 01:34 PM, Xavier Bachelot wrote: >> On 09/15/2011 12:18 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: >>> On 09/15/2011 12:34 PM, Marcus Moeller wrote: >>>> The centos-cr repository should only be unsed during transition phase >>>> from one minor to another. The package will be removed once the next >>>> minor is release, and re-appear on next transition. (hope I said it >>>> right, Karan :)) >>> This was the first approach but it was changed. The implemented approach >>> is for /cr to remain in place, the repository links from the repo >>> definition will point to the new URL automatically. However the >>> repository will be populated only during the transition phase of a new >>> minor release ( i.e for instance after RHEL 5.8 is out but before CentOS >>> 5.8 is released ). >>> >>>> So the cr release package is not meant to be included in kickstart by >>>> default. >>> that is true. It is useful only during the transitional phase between >>> RHEL's launch of a new dot release and CentOS catching up. >> What's wrong with always having the CR repo installed and enabled ? It >> might be empty outside of transition periods, but this shouldn't hurt, >> right ? > right. the reported issue here is that they are trying to import the > centos-cr package via the kickstart and there is no such package yet in > CentOS 5.7 > Great, so this should be easily fixable once we've reached a consensus this package is needed even for otherwise empty centos/x.y/cr. Count me as +1 for this. As a workaround for the possibly missing package in the kickstart, one can still add the '--ignoremissing' option to the %package directive. >> My understanding is there is no QA difference between a package >> pushed to the updates or one pushed to the cr repo, thus base + updates >> + cr repos should stack up nicely. > that is correct. Actually the process is quite simple, packages are > first pushed to the CentOS X.n/cr/ and then hardlinked to the Centos > X.n+1/os ( or /updates, depending on the origin) Thanks for your answer. Regards, Xavier